Jane El Youssef

Experience

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  MindField Digital

  May 2015 - Apr 2016

  User Experience specialist

  Projects: LingLong, Nouramama, AUBMC, and LTA mobile apps. Siblou, CMA, MikeSport, Frame, Lazurdi, Shape&Co, World Taekwondo Federation, and Arraqeeb Websites.Ministry of Agriculture Windows Application.• Requirements gathering from clients and potential leads.• Requirements analysis, research, and documentation.• Create personas, user stories, use cases and diagrams based on the required features.• Requirements transformation into sketches and prototypes using Axure RP and Balsamiq Mockup• Diagrams and prototypes presentation to clients for confirmation.• Communicate requirements with UI design and Development teams to ensure optimal production.• Intern training for user-centered design, design thinking, product research, and prototyping. عرض أقل

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  Digital Academy Camp

  Jul 2015 - Jul 2015

  Game Development Mentor

  Teaching teenagers (12-19) how to create 3D games from scratch using Unity 3D game engine during a 5-day workshop. Within the given time period, the students are taught how to create a 3D world using basic objects through Unity 3D and scripting game behaviors and interactions.

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  Stampuno

  Jun 2016 - Nov 2016

  Agile Product Manager in Training

  Projects: Stampuno Customer App, Stampuno Customer Web Platform, and Stampuno Public App.• Adopted Agile XP and Lean throughout the project process and managed the product and team accordingly.• Gathered requirements for MVP products from Stakeholders • Analysed the product outcome, audience psychology, user personas, latest trends according to necessary features, current competitors in the UK market.• Compared possible user journeys in accordance with the development frameworks implemented (Xamarin Forms for mobile using C# and Bootstrap for web using HTML and JQuery) to insure the least development time and cost.• Developed prototypes and user stories according to the best-fit user journeys with full product content in mind.• Liaised with developers to ensure the product matches the requirements and acceptance criteria.• Liaised with a freelance UI designer to communicate requirements with wireframe samples containing detailed product description and expectation. Compared designs with the required color-coding and psychology that best fit the product.• Conducted functional tests on a day-to-day basis for features claimed complete by developers and reported detailed bugs and development/logic failures to ensure the highest quality product fit for the Brittish market.• Reported to CEO/Product Owner. عرض أقل

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  WonderEight

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2016

  User Experience Specialist - Freelance

  • Took project scope and requirements from CTO and account executives for client projects.• Studied the clients' market and users by creating user personas.• Designed full website structures and prototypes based on the clients' services and goals.• Took amendments and modified accordingly.

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  Freelance

  Oct 2016 - now

  Product & Change Management Consultant

  • Assess technical and operation teams and conduct a thorough analysis with change requirements.• Provide companies and teams with adequate and necessary changes for team management, organization, and performance improvement.• Ensure the team and the overall company are on track, fully functional, and self-sufficient.• Improve the company's business communication skills in spoken and written English.• Improve UX design teams' processes, tools, and mindsets with hands-on training.• Conduct a product-wide analysis and provide the necessary cleanup and upgrades. عرض أقل

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  IdeatoLife

  Mar 2017 - Nov 2017

  Product Manager & Agile Coach

  Projects: GoTrackr, ElevatorExpress, GrupTour, Onlivery, Zain Cash, Barvis, Wasaly, and others unsigned• Requirements gathering, documentation, proposal writing, and project planning. • Research and requirements analysis with the development team. • Backlog organization and sprint planning based on requirements and priorities using Jira and Gantt.• Communication of business development strategy with stakeholders • Release planning, scheduling, and documenting for stakeholders according to team estimates. • Daily standup, scrum, and retrospective meetings held with the development and QA teams.• Technical requirement communication with tech leads, developers, and QA analysts.• User Experience and Design requirements communication with UX/UI team.• KPI defining via enhanced team performance, increased productivity, increased velocity, swift skill development, simplified communication, and increased product quality.• Research for best product features and the market’s needs.• Product enhancement and uplift to design and functionality in between active iterations.• Product tests and sanity checks with bug reporting prior to going Live and after to ensure quality.• Product walkthrough and presentation to stakeholders after every release alongside the release notes.• Feedback gathering and reprioritization of features and tasks for every next iteration.• Change Management strategy application after analysis of team performance and processes (ongoing)• Introduction to beneficial Agile practices fit for the project lifecycle and specific for each project and team.• Conducted monthly training sessions to multiple teams in multiple locations to enhance the processes and their productivity that uplifted the overall organizational performance.• Reported to the CEO, Chairman, and the Product Owner. عرض أقل

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  Rizk Group

  May 2018 - Jul 2018

  Consultant Project Lead

  • Requirements gathering, documentation, UX auditing, proposal writing and project planning.• Research and requirements analysis.• Technical requirement communication with tech leads, developers, and QA analysts.• Product tests and sanity checks with bug reporting prior to going Live and after to ensure the highest quality.• Feedback gathering and reprioritization of features and tasks for every coming iteration.

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  MindField Digital

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2018

  Project Manager, Change Manager, and UX Lead

  • Change Management plan and strategy application after analysis of team performance, processes, questionnaires, and deep-diving into daily routines and projects.• Introducing Agile and Kanban methodologies to the team alongside Jira for Project Management and task allocation, fit for the project lifecycle and specific for each project and team.• Introducing new tools for improved team collaboration, file sharing, and project execution fit for sales, client servicing, communications, design, development and quality assurance teams according to the preferred processes to enhance their productivity and uplift the overall organizational performance.• Introducing planning poker for estimations and task allocation.• Tracking actual project costs via Jira task time logs and comparing them with costs estimated pre-project signing.• Team training on new methodologies and implementation with daily exercises• Assessment of requirements gathering, documentation, auditing, proposal writing, and project planning processes and adjusting them.• Aiding project managers with backlog organization, iteration planning, release planning, scheduling, and documentation writing.• Training the teams to adopt daily standup, iteration planning, and retrospective meetings.• Leading and training the User Experience Design team in research, technical design, technical writing, and auditing. عرض أقل